Olive Oil Rescues Nude Man From Washing Machine

“HE was very well wedged in there and we were concerned for his health and wellbeing,” says Sergeant Michelle De Araugo of the man wedged inside a washing machine at his home in Victoria, Australia . “It was just a game gone wrong. I would be fair to say the gentleman was very embarrassed.”

First Constable Ingram Luke adds: “It was lucky the man was naked. I guess if he’s going to get into a washing machine it’s best if he has no clothes on to be about to get him out like that. I guess the clothes can provide a bit of resistance to try to get him out. My advice would be for people not to climb into appliances.”

The man was freed by being rubbed down in olive oil. A decade or more ago, it would have been Vegemite…